Combination garment hanger



COMB INATION GARMENT HANGER Filed June 29, 1946 2/ i NEW m M 2 Fig.4.

INVENTOR. HEINZ ERRAN ATTORNEY.

Patented May 20, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,420,742 COMBINATIONGARMENT HANGER Heinz Erran, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Application June 29,1946, Serial No. 680,343

(01. 22a ss) 4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly tocombination coat and trousers hangers, and aims to provide new anduseful improvements whereby the hanger will support a coat in the usualway but at the same time will suspend a pair of trousers in a secure andpositive manner so that there is no danger of the trousers slipping outand falling to the floor.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a two-piececombination coat and trousers hanger adapted to support a coat in theusual removable clamping member adapted to clamp and hold the trousersagainst the body of the hanger, in a secure and positive manner.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a hanger suchas stated, which is simple in construction, easy and quick in its modeof operation, and inexpensive in cost of manufacture.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the followingdescription, wherein characters of reference refer to like-numberedparts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing isintended for the purpose of illustration only, and that it is neitherdesired nor intended to limit the invention necessarily to any or all ofthe exact details of construction shown excepting insofar as they may bedeemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the combination hanger.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig, 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the detachable resilient clampingmember per se.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I0 indicates a coathanger formed of any suitable material, such as, for instance, metal,plywood, or a, suitable plastic like Lucite, having the triangular bodyI I and the hook l2 by means of which the hanger may be suspended from apole I 3.

Near each end of the body I I an opening l4, rectangular in outline, isprovided through the body. Intermediate the length of the hanger, a pairof vertically spaced parallel cuts l5 and iii are made through the body,and the strip ll thus cut out is bent, deformed, bowed or bulgedrearward substantially as shown.

A separate trousers supporting member l8 comprises a resilient strip ofsuitable material, such as those mentioned, having the two extremities 2thereof bent to form oppositely-extending noses l9 and '20 joined to thebody of the strip I8 by the portions 21 at right angles to both thenoses l9 and 20 and the body Hi. It is to be noted that the nose [9 islonger than the nose 2| Intermediate the length of the strip I3, it isbulged forward at 22, complementarily to the bulge IT.

The manner of placing a coat on the hanger is obvious. The trousers areheld with the cufis between the body H and the member l8. With thetrousers held against the body at that level, the member I8 is set inplace by first slipping one nose, that shown at l9, into the hole M onthe left side, then sliding the member to the left until the section 2|registers against the wall of the opening; then the member I8 is bent orurged against the cuffs to bring the nose 20 through the opening I 4 onthe right, it being noted that the dimensions and shape of the openingsare both equal to the dimensions and. shape of the nose 20. When thenose 2D is thus pushed through the opening 14 on the right, therebyclamping the trousers between the member [8 and the body II, the memberI8 is then grasped by the bulge 22 and slid to the right until the nose20 is positioned securely beyond the righthand wall of the opening I4.The trousers are then firmly clamped against the body II. The cuffs, notshown, of the trousers will rest on the upper edge of the bulge 22 aswell as enter into the space left by the deformed strip I! in the bodyll; thus, the cuffs will be positively supported, in addition to befrictionally clamped, and thereby will be safe from falling.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A combination coat and trousers hanger comprising a flat sheet-likeunitary substantially triangular body formed of substantially rigidmaterial, said body having a hook thereon and being adapted to have acoat draped thereover, said body having spaced rectangular openingstherethrough' at the ends thereof, a resilient strip of substantiallythe same width as the height of said openings, said strip having theextremities thereof deformed to provide aligned outwardly extendingnoses, said openings having substantially the same length, one of saidnoses being of greater length than the other and of greater length thanthe length of said "openings, the other of said noses being ofsubstantially the same length as the length of said openings, said stripbeing adapted to clamp trousers between said body and strip by insertionof said longer nose into one of said openings with said longer noseextending beyond the end wall of said one of said openings, thenswinging the other end of the strip toward the body and forcing saidshorter nose through the other of said openings and sliding said stripin the direction of said other of said openings until said sh'orter noseextends beyond the end wall of its said opening, the intermediateportion of said strip being thereby positioned on one side of said body.

2. The combination hanger set forth in claim 1, said strip having abulge intermediate its length, said bulge extending in a horizontaldirection outward from said one side of said body.

3. The combination set forth in claim 1, said body having a longitudinalstrip out out thereof intermediate its length, said last named stripbeing bowed horizontally outward on the other side of said body.

REFERENCES CITED l1he following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,123,797 Place July 12, 19382,400,761 Law May 21, 1946

